A gritty group of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors waits for a call to duty at Helper, Utah, on the afternoon of February 7, 2000. With Union Pacific now the owner of the “Main Line Thru the Rockies,”... (more)
Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” rumbles through Spring Glen, Utah, on the morning of April 4, 2000. Three Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors power the eastbound local, with No. 5347 lea... (more)
SP's Fifth Help prepares to flag through the control point at Spring Glen, Utah on Sept. 5, 1994. The two unit helper was dispatched from Helper Yard to rescue a westbound freight stalled on the g... (more)
A nice mix of EMD power leads Rio Grande's 126 train east through Sutro approaching the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon.
A westbound Southern Pacific intermodal train (probably the DVRVF) led by Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5347, cruises by the towering sandstone cliffs east of Utaline, Colorado, on the afternoon of ... (more)
Rio Grande train #187 rolls west by a work train parked in the former Salt Lake & Utah Railroad interchange yard at Provo Junction. Crews often referred to this area as 'Backman's' named for a fou... (more)
Soon after the UP-SP merger, many former D&RGW SD40T-2s returned to home rails. Here a matched quad of EMD 'tunnel motors' lead a 44 car RODVM (Roper, UT - Denver, CO) through Price Canyon at the ... (more)
Part of SP helper set
Two Rio Grande SD40T-2s shove hard for the climb up to Soldier Summit.
As evening shadows from the cliffs along the Colorado River begin to engulf the right-of-way, 5347 West charges through DeBeque on its way to Salt Lake City.
